Curtain-hanger.



PATENTED MAY 3, 1904.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 1903.

NO MODEL.

Hllll Patented May 3, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

BURT S. JOHNSON, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

CURTAIN-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '7 59,110, dated May 3, 1904.

Application led May 13, 1903. Serial No. 156,952. (No model.)

fo @ZZ whom, it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, Bun'r S. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Oolorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in curtain-hangers; and it consists, essentially, of means for adjustably supporting curtain-roll brackets in the form of dovetail supporting elements having adjustable members mounted therein to which the brackets are secured, whereby curtain-rollers of different lengths may-be accommodated and the brackets readily applied in supporting position or detached without defacingthe woodwork of Windowframes or head-blocks.

The invention further consists in the details of construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure lis a transverse vertical section of a portion of a window-frame and the improved hanger or fixture embodying the features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the guide or support forming a part of the improved hanger or fixture. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of one of the brackets. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of one of the adjustable bracket-attaching members. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section through the supporting member or guide embodying amodification in the construction of the same.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

rlhe numeral 1, Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, designates the preferred form of support or guide and has forwardly-converging sides 2, with front face-anges 3 in planes parallel with the back of said support or guide. This preferred form of the support or guide is dovetail in its configuration, and the upper part of the window-frame is recessed to receive the same, the fianges 3 being secured to the inner face of the window-frame. The support or guide l is formed of metal, and therein are adjustably mounted two wood-attaching members 4, each of which is of the shape shown by Fig. 4 and freely slidable in the said support. The bracket shown by Fig. 3 for supporting the curtain-roller has an outstanding arm 5, with a terminal aperture 6 to receive the trunnion or post of the curtain-roller, and an inner right-angular flange 7, having a central aperture 8 for the reception of ascrew or other fastening 9, which is passed therethrough into the connecting member 4, two of the brackets being used, as will be obviously apparent. To prevent separation of the connecting members 4 from the support l, the latter has stop projections lO at opposite terminals, as shown by Fig. 2, which are cut from the body of the support and bent forwardly in planes at right angles.

The modified form of the device, as lshown by Fig. 5, consists of a support or guide 1l, having the opposite sides rebent thereover in close relation and extended forwardly in the form of converging flanges 12, and in this instance the connecting members are similar to those heretofore described.

In applying the modified form of the support or guide (shown by Fig. 5) it is unnecessary to form a recess in the window-frame, the fastenings being passed through the rebent portions of the side edges into the inner face of said window-frame. In the modified form (shown by Fig. 5) the end stops are similar to those illustrated by Fig. 2 and bear similar reference-numerals, only one of said stops being' shown.

In applying the brackets to either form of the guide or support shown the fasteningscrews or other devices 9 are inserted through the flanges 7 of the brackets into the connecting members 4 and both brackets are adjusted to accommodate the length of the curtainroller, the adjustment of the brackets being made previous to the tightening of the screws or other fastenings 9. After the screws or other fastenings 9 are firmly inserted into the connecting members 4 the brackets or the flanges 7 of the latter are brought to bear with such tight frictional engagement against the fianges of the support or guide that they will resistaccidental movement and reliably remain in their adjusted positions.

be unnecessary for parties building or own` ing houses for rental to supply window-shades therefor, as is now common custom, particularly where the woodwork is oak or other hardwood, in view of the advantages derived from the adjustability of the connecting members freely adjustable in the supports or guides.

It will be understood that changes inthe proportions, dimensions, land minor details may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is- A curtain hanger or fixture, consisting of a sheet-metal guide of dovetailed form with facelanges projecting in opposite directions from the converged terminals of the sides of the said support, attaching members slidable in and inclosed by the support, and curtain-roller brackets having inner angular members detachably secured to the attaching members and having inner angular portions to bear against the face-flanges, the opposite extremities of the support having outstanding stops to prevent separation of the attaching members.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BURT S. JOHNSON.

Vitnesses:

P. W. SHAW, Gr. EvELYN BUTAs. 

